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r7000 router can't reset and can't connect anymore.
Hi,
I just bought this router for bridging capabilities in my student apartment.
I connected it by wire and the first disapointment, I discovered you can't use security in bridge mode?!?!?!? ...
Well decided to RMA it back to the store. They somehow performed a firmware update (no idea how since I could not acces the interface).
It's working perfectly now.
Pretty weird though that this doesn't work out of the box.
Thnx all.
It's possible to do what you want. It's called bridging mode. But you need to log into your R7000 to enable it. Since you haven't been able to do that, you are kinda stuck.
Normally, the R7000 should acquire an IP address from a DHCP server in AP mode, unless it was set up to use a static IP address. If it's the latter, then you will have to try your darndest to remember it in order to log in. Or, somehow, get the physical reset button to actually work (it's really strange that it isn't working).
Did you originally set up this R7000? If so, do you remember if you changed the setting to use a static IP address?
Yes I set it up but I didn't set it up with a static IP since that wasn't necessary. I'm 100% sure of this.
It seems the physical reset button isn't doing what's it supposed to do.
It's super weird that it was working. I could actually connect to the internet wirelessly through the router. Although if I did a tracert in cmd it didn't show up as a hop. Which is weird. Also the unidentified device didn't have netgear in it's name (not sure that it would). It was just called PC- (IP adress)
That IP didn't give any response though. It seems to work, sort of. I just can't get access to the interface.
As the reset button isn't working I think I am kinda stuck, other suggestions would be welcome but, I think i'm going to have to RMA this thing....?